28. Juli 2019
It is easy, Lord, to mouth the word, to say I love, but not to practice what it means. When we see the true love of a lover, the extent to which such love is prepared to go for the beloved, to vault over mountains and dive under waves, we know our love is paltry, self-seeking, a denial of the word. // When we consider your love, the love of the cross, the descent into the depths of hell in search of us, your forgiveness which overwhelms and heals us, we know our love is cheap, our forgiveness empty, judgemental and graceless. // Teach us to love you with heart, soul and mind, to love our neighbour and our enemy. Teach us to forgive as you have forgiven us.
John De Gruchy, South Africa 1986